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Kinsella said that whoever papered the home could be charged with vandalism, a misdemeanor. If the culprits live outside the state, she said, Palm Beach authorities would likely enlist local police for help with the prosecution.

Once word of the Chinese quake hit Twitter, the world took notice. In fact, according to a detailed analysis by Search Engine Land, the news broke on Twitter a full three minutes before even the US Geological Survey’s Earthquake Center announced the quake.

In 1983, 62 percent of workers with retirement coverage had a traditional pension only, while a mere 12 percent had 401(k)’s. Today, approximately 20 percent have a traditional pension and about two-thirds have only 401(k)’s.

The Free Library of
Philadelphia is shutting down eleven of its fifty-four branches.

Trenton, San Diego and Phoenix are just a few of the municipalities that
are looking at staff reductions, shorter hours and serious cutbacks in
acquisitions. In New York State, Governor Paterson is proposing a $20
million cut, one-fifth of the library budget. In New York City, Mayor
Bloomberg, no La Guardia, is proposing cuts that will reduce service
from six to five-and-a-half days. And urban centers are not the only
places that are suffering. Newton, Massachusetts--a wealthy suburb in a
sky-blue state--has closed four library branches.

greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of shortcuts or settling for less.

It has not been the path for the faint-hearted, for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.

You can’t argue – well you can, but it won’t fly – that a graduate who is well-versed in the history of Byzantine art will be attractive to employers (unless the employer is a museum).

“the crisis of spirit we now confront” and “restore the wonder which those who have glimpsed the human condition have always felt, and which our scientific civilization, with its gadgets and discoveries, obscures.”

“This shows that social networks are not these horribly bad neighborhoods on the Internet,” said John Cardillo, chief executive of Sentinel Tech Holding, which maintains a sex offender database and was part of the task force. “Social networks are very much like real-world communities that are comprised mostly of good people who are there for the right reasons.”

Mr. Blumenthal said it “downplayed the predator threat,” relied on outdated research and failed to provide a specific plan for improving the safety of social networking.

“She needs every drop of that precious golden fluid for her baby”; lactivists, who often stage “nurse-ins,” sent petitions; and the T.S.A. eventually reclassified human milk as “liquid medication.

Health care and state and local governments are the only sectors of the economy growing. States added 6,000 workers in December; the private sector cut 531,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.

Some youths may be at higher risk for the dangers of the Internet, including inappropriate posting. "It depends on the kid: if they are high risk, unaware of the risk, or socially immature," Kullgren said.